Ok, Victor, the problem is that we've really been coviering a couple of
different topics under one subject heading, and it's gotten some of us
confused. There are speakup bootdisks if you're doing an install; if you
just want to do a kernel upgrade and are going to compile your kernel, you
can go to www.kernel.organd cd to pub/linux/ (whatever basic version: I
assume you want v2.2 or 2.4) and get the kernel you want in whatever form
you want; you'll be able to look at the list with an "ls" command. You
might also want to get the changelog for that version. You can also
do this tby doing ftp to your distrubition's site and doing cd from
there; I go to ftp.debian.org and then do cd pub/linux/kernel, etc.
from there. After downloading the kernel, unpack
it in /usr/src after safely moving any kernel you have as /usr/src/linux
somewhere else, like /usr/src/linux-old; I seem to remember the README
that comes with the kernel sources says not to place the kernel you're
compiling in /usr/src/linux but you won't be able to add speakup if it
isn't there. When you unpack the kernel in /usr/src if
automatically creates the linux directory, but just make sure the linux
that's already there is moved before you unpack. Now that kernel
doesn't have speakup enabled in any way, shape or form so you ftp over to
ftp.braille.uwo.ca and cd to pub/linux/speakup and get README.cvs and
checkout. Then make sure you have the cvs package installed; at least to
get this particular procedure to work, you don't have to worry about going
through the howto and having cvs plus other packages installed; just have
cvs installed. Then read the README.cvs for instructions as to where to
put the checkout file and what to do; I think those instructions will be
understandable to you. Don't worry if your system complains that cCVSROOT
is not set; just hit enter there and you'll be fine. Of course, you need
to be online to do this. Hope this clears up the confusion. Maybe people
doing kernel upgrades and people installing distributions need to use
different subject headings to keep this confusion from mounting again.
Also, I don't see anything about using the cvs on the
www.linux-speakup.org, though I certainly could be just missing it.
Oh, speakup is added to the kernel as patches; if some hunks should fail
that doesn't necessarily mean anything is wrong.
Cheryl
